DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z June 30, 2007
Northcentral U.S.: A mixture of haze and mostly light smoke cover much of North Dakota, South Dakota, northern Nebraska, southern and eastern Wyoming, eastern Colorado and most of Minnesota. The smoke is believed to be from previous days fires in the western U.S. and Canada. The smoke is densest in southeastern Wyoming from yesterday and last nights fires in northern and northeastern Utah. Smoke is drifting toward the east or southeast. Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories: Smoke detection is hindered by clouds but it appears that there is moderate smoke in the area of Great Slave Lake possibly extending as far southeastward as the Saskatchewan border and as far northward as the Beaufort Sea. There is also light smoke in east central Alaska. The Yukon Territory is almost completely cloud-covered preventing smoke detection.